Rosemary McClure

Rosemary McClure is an award-winning travel and lifestyles writer/editor who has a sense of humor, a graceful and creative writing style and a passion to share the world with others. She currently writes and edits for print and online editions of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and Seattle Times, plus Yahoo! Travel, Coast Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Preservation Magazine, Islands and Philips Publishing; other clients include Universal Studios and the University of California. McClure won Lowell Thomas Travel Writer of the Year award twice, the highest honor bestowed on North American travel writers; she also is a two-time winner of the University of Missouri Lifestyle Award. She has a master’s degree from the University of Southern California and has taught at the University of California and California State colleges.

Recent Projects

A safari from West to East The 410 units of the National Park Service are as varied as the United States itself and an incredible legacy for Americans. The Los Angeles Times Travel section continues a yearlong look at some of those units, why they matter, how the park

Alzheimer’s: It’s Not What You Think Claudia Kawas turns the study of the disease on its head, leading other researchers to change their assumptions Mindful Art The painting on this page was created by individuals with Alzheimer’s dementia who took part in Memories in the Making. The program,

Where tourist crime happens the most You’re eating tapas at an outdoor restaurant in Barcelona, your iPhone on the table a few inches from your right hand, when a woman bumps your left arm and spills a drink on you. She apologizes profusely and walks away. A few minutes

Follow in Frank Sinatra’s footsteps as Palm Springs toasts Ol’ Blue Eyes’ 100th birthday Did I ever tell you about the night Frank Sinatra and I had drinks? More about that later; right now we need to discuss a much more important event: Sinatra’s upcoming 100th birthday celebration. On

Seeing firsthand why Olympic National Park is one of the nation’s great wilderness areas The bald eagle was soaring on an air current above frosty Lake Crescent, its wings spread wide, white head and electric-yellow beak tilted slightly down. It was hunting, and a few seconds later it rocketed

On the Andaman Sea in Thailand, a putt-putting boat will carry you to travel-poster fantasies Fantastic shapes dotted the horizon — craggy limestone spikes that soared hundreds of feet into the cloudless blue sky — as our long-tail boat skimmed across the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. The afternoon

The rush is on to make golden memories in the Klondike Summer days are endless here. I opened my eyes to sunlight streaming in my hotel window before 4 a.m. It didn’t disappear until after 10 p.m., leaving more than 18 hours for epic sightseeing outings. Enough playtime to

Live like royalty — at least for a few days — with a getaway aboard a liner on a world cruise An around-the-world cruise is something other people do — and by other people, I mean lottery winners, trust-fund babies, one percenters. I’m none of those, but I recently

You know about Florida’s alligators, but there’s so much more to see at Everglades National Park Spotting an alligator in Florida is a lot like spotting cattle in Texas. You don’t need to look very hard because they’re everywhere. There’s even a toll road nicknamed Alligator Alley where the

Professional Experience

Editing, managerial and writing positions at:

The Los Angeles Times

Yahoo!

University of California, Irvine

Gannett Newspapers

Africa Travel & Tourism Magazine

Skills and Specialties

Web savvy media pro

Accomplished, nationally-known writer with the ability to excel on tight deadlines